South African Encouragement – A Word for Negative Times
(This post was written during the unrest protests in South Africa July 2021) Like many South Africans, I woke up this morning to news of looting and burning in many parts of our precious country and I just felt that the Lord wanted to give us a positive message of...
Striving but Missing the Mark
“I, the LORD, invite you to come and talk it over. Your sins are scarlet red, but they will be whiter than snow or wool…” - Isaiah. 1:18[1] I find God’s words in this scripture a great joy. ‘I invite you to come and talk it over…’ Talk what over? You may ask. In...
The Business of God’s Love – Part 2
In part 1, we saw that God wants us to “Love your neighbour as yourself”. It is very difficult for us to obey this command if we try to love one another with human love. Part 1 showed us the difference between God’s love and Human love. We continue…. To care if...
The Business of God’s Love – Part 1
In line with the desire to make our walk with the Lord more practical, let’s look at the most important commandment…..Love your neighbour as yourself (Matt 22:39). Many of us have heard these words many times, but have we really understood what Jesus meant? In order...
Do you Talk to Yourself? – Part Two
In part one we heard… Talking to ourselves is more than idle chatter—it’s a powerful way of shaping our thoughts, emotions, and faith. Scripture shows that self-talk can either feed fear or strengthen hope, depending on which voice we choose to listen to. David’s...
The Power of Debt over you
I was having a chat with my son the other day and he asked me, “Dad, if you lived your life over again, would you change anything?” I had a little chuckle, knowing there would probably be a number of things I would do differently. However, without any doubt, I...
The Power of Worry
Worry – we’ve all fallen into its trap at one time or another – have a look at this definition… “Worry” (verb) - feel or cause to feel anxious or troubled about actual or potential problems. What I found very interesting in this definition is the phrase “potential...
The Power of Forgiveness
Whilst reading in the bible recently I came across a scripture where Jesus was giving a teaching on Forgiveness. It never ceases to amaze me how we have read scriptures many times, but yet by the power of His Spirit, the Lord reveals more to us. It’s often the ‘more’...
The Principles of Principles
We may have heard about the ten commandments or the ancient law that was given to the Israelites in order to point them towards God in their daily behaviour, but have we heard about Godly principles? Perhaps we’ve heard about them, but have we pondered on them for any...
The Right Mix
There are some things that just work so well together… in fact, some are so well suited that the one part cannot work without the other… let’s think about salt without pepper or bacon without eggs for example … what about an aeroplane without an engine or perhaps a...
Following the Herd
Today, we discuss the ‘End Times’ and ‘Mark of the Beast.’ But first, let me begin by looking at a non-biblical viewpoint of the herd mentality. The expression ‘herding mentality’ is relatively modern, whereas expressions like ‘mob behavior’ date further back in our...
Why do I Believe in Something I Can’t See?
I have two primary reasons why I believe in something that my five senses deny:Firstly, I have a life of peace, satisfaction, and joy.Secondly, I have a reassurance of my eternal destination.For these two reasons, do I need to take note of my five senses? The world...
How Relevant is The Bible Today?
I can think of, among many, two reasons why the Bible is relevant to you and me today, as it was when God spoke to the prophets long ago. Firstly, because God said so: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” [1] “The grass...
Prove to Me God Exists
Someone asked me. ‘You’re a Christian right? How do you know that all this talk of God and the Bible are for real? I mean, imagine if when you die you discover there is no truth in what you believed?’ Well I’d rather not arrive after death as an unbeliever and having...
How Does Free Will Affect My Faith?
“And God saw all the things that he had made, and, behold, they were very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.”[1] “…except the one that has the power to let you know the difference between right and wrong. If you eat any fruit from that...
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South African Encouragement – A Word for Negative Times
(This post was written during the unrest protests in South Africa July 2021) Like many South Africans, I woke up this morning to news of looting and burning in many parts of our precious country and I just felt that the Lord wanted to give us a positive message of...
Striving but Missing the Mark
“I, the LORD, invite you to come and talk it over. Your sins are scarlet red, but they will be whiter than snow or wool…” - Isaiah. 1:18[1] I find God’s words in this scripture a great joy. ‘I invite you to come and talk it over…’ Talk what over? You may ask. In...
The Business of God’s Love – Part 2
In part 1, we saw that God wants us to “Love your neighbour as yourself”. It is very difficult for us to obey this command if we try to love one another with human love. Part 1 showed us the difference between God’s love and Human love. We continue…. To care if...
The Business of God’s Love – Part 1
In line with the desire to make our walk with the Lord more practical, let’s look at the most important commandment…..Love your neighbour as yourself (Matt 22:39). Many of us have heard these words many times, but have we really understood what Jesus meant? In order...
Do you Talk to Yourself? – Part Two
In part one we heard… Talking to ourselves is more than idle chatter—it’s a powerful way of shaping our thoughts, emotions, and faith. Scripture shows that self-talk can either feed fear or strengthen hope, depending on which voice we choose to listen to. David’s...
The Power of Debt over you
I was having a chat with my son the other day and he asked me, “Dad, if you lived your life over again, would you change anything?” I had a little chuckle, knowing there would probably be a number of things I would do differently. However, without any doubt, I...
The Power of Worry
Worry – we’ve all fallen into its trap at one time or another – have a look at this definition… “Worry” (verb) - feel or cause to feel anxious or troubled about actual or potential problems. What I found very interesting in this definition is the phrase “potential...
The Power of Forgiveness
Whilst reading in the bible recently I came across a scripture where Jesus was giving a teaching on Forgiveness. It never ceases to amaze me how we have read scriptures many times, but yet by the power of His Spirit, the Lord reveals more to us. It’s often the ‘more’...
The Principles of Principles
We may have heard about the ten commandments or the ancient law that was given to the Israelites in order to point them towards God in their daily behaviour, but have we heard about Godly principles? Perhaps we’ve heard about them, but have we pondered on them for any...
The Right Mix
There are some things that just work so well together… in fact, some are so well suited that the one part cannot work without the other… let’s think about salt without pepper or bacon without eggs for example … what about an aeroplane without an engine or perhaps a...
Following the Herd
Today, we discuss the ‘End Times’ and ‘Mark of the Beast.’ But first, let me begin by looking at a non-biblical viewpoint of the herd mentality. The expression ‘herding mentality’ is relatively modern, whereas expressions like ‘mob behavior’ date further back in our...
Why do I Believe in Something I Can’t See?
I have two primary reasons why I believe in something that my five senses deny:Firstly, I have a life of peace, satisfaction, and joy.Secondly, I have a reassurance of my eternal destination.For these two reasons, do I need to take note of my five senses? The world...
How Relevant is The Bible Today?
I can think of, among many, two reasons why the Bible is relevant to you and me today, as it was when God spoke to the prophets long ago. Firstly, because God said so: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” [1] “The grass...
Prove to Me God Exists
Someone asked me. ‘You’re a Christian right? How do you know that all this talk of God and the Bible are for real? I mean, imagine if when you die you discover there is no truth in what you believed?’ Well I’d rather not arrive after death as an unbeliever and having...
How Does Free Will Affect My Faith?
“And God saw all the things that he had made, and, behold, they were very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.”[1] “…except the one that has the power to let you know the difference between right and wrong. If you eat any fruit from that...
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"If we have been united with him like this in his death, we will certainly also be united with him in his resurrection. For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin..”
Rom 6:5-6